John Koeltl
| John Koeltl | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #11T |
| Station: | New York, NY |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 08/10/1994 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Shirley Kram |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1945 |
| Home State: | New York, NY |
| Bachelors: | Georgetown U., A.B., 1967 |
| Law School: | Harvard Law, J.D., 1971 |
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John George Koeltl is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Prior to his appointment to the federal bench, Koeltl was in private practice in New York City from 1975 to 1994.[1]
Early life and education
Koeltl graduated from Georgetown with his Bachelor's degree in 1967 and graduated from Harvard Law with his Juris Doctor in 1971.[1]
Professional career
- Law clerk, Hon. Edward Weinfeld, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1971-1972
- Law clerk, Justice Potter Stewart, Supreme Court of the United States, 1972-1973
- Assistant special prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1973-1974
- Private practice, New York City, 1975-1994 [1]
Judicial career
Southern district of New York
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynhian, Koeltl was nominated by Bill Clinton on April 26, 1994 to a seat vacated by Shirley Kram. Koeltl was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 9, 1994 on a majority voice vote and received commission on August 10, 1994. [2]
Notable cases
Arthur Nadel criminal case
| United States District Court for the Southern District of New York *U.S.A. v. Nadel 09-mJ-00169 |
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| Judge Koeltl presided in the trial of hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel. Nadel was charged of securities fraud after bilking millions of dollars from investors and pleading guilty on February 24, 2010 to the charges. [3] Nadel was sentenced to fourteen years in prison and died in April 2012 while serving it. [4] |
See also
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
External links
- List of Article III judges of the Southern District of New York
- The Robing Room- Rate Judge Koeltl
- Biography at FJC
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Koeltl Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
- ↑ THOMAS "Nomination of John Koeltl", May 6, 2009 (Search for John Koeltl)
- ↑ New York Times "Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud", February 24, 2010
- ↑ Herald Tribune, "Art Nadel, convicted Ponzi schemer, dies in prison," April 17, 2012
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Shirley Kram |
Southern District of New York 1994–Current |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
